On the morning of May 11, 1970, skies darkened over Lubbock and winds began to rise, setting the stage for the kind of storm many in Tornado Alley pray never comes their way. By late that Monday ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — When a tornado tears through an area, the main question after the fact is, “How strong was it?” That’s where the Enhanced Fujita Scale, more commonly known as the EF scale, ...

The Enhanced Fujita or EF Scale is the system meteorologists use to estimate tornado strength by examining the damage it ...

The more than decade-long EF5 tornado drought has come to an end. A tornado that struck Enderlin, North Dakota, on June 20 has been upgraded to an EF5, according to the National Weather Service in ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed an EF-1 tornado hit Woodville, North Carolina on Monday around 3 am. Based on the damage to the community, NWS meteorologists determined ...

Tornadoes rated EF5 are inconceivable. They raze the Earth with winds exceeding 200 mph, sweeping foundations bare and peeling the bark off trees. Some pry pavement off roadways, scouring into the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The severe weather season is beginning. In ...

Measuring the strength of a tornado can be difficult based on sight alone, and weather instruments could easily be damaged by the strong winds. The Enhanced Fujita scale (EF-Scale) looks at the damage ...